Automatically detects the installed Dropbox folder for the installed Dropbox application. In that case, asks to link to a Dropbox account.
Allows manual linking/unlinking to/from a Dropbox account in the preferences.
Offers standard Dropbox-related menu items in both contextual and action menu, just like Finder. This items are shown only if Path Finder is linked to a Dropbox account. Their presence in menus can be configured in Contextual Manu preferences, just like for any other menu item.
2) FolderSync – Folder Comparison and Synchronization

An article detailing FolderSync can be seen here.
3) New copy/move delete engine

Much Faster
Should remove strange errors which sometime occur (OSStatus -36, -61, etc).
Based on a modern API, dumps a deprecated File Manager API.
Offers real folder merging when copied/moved folders have conflicting (same) names.
On file conflict, offers to stop/skip/replace/keep both/keep based on the time stamp options.
4) Re-designed Path Finder Desktop

Completely redesigned and improved Path Finder Desktop, which solves the many desktop issues present in Path Finder.
Improved placement of icons on the Desktop.
Displays and arranges icons on any display in a multi-display environment.
Remembers which display icons were placed in the multi-display environment and automatically adds/removes them as new displays are added/removed.
Respects Desktop background image and color settings in the System Preferences and immediately responds to changes.
Compatible with Mission Control.
5) New, faster and improved terminal

Faster re-drawing.
Works with non-ASCII characters and different encodings.
Added option to execute a particular command on a session start.
Choose where to open a terminal session when executing “Open in Terminal” from the main menu: new window/new tab/new bottom module/new right module.
Offers simplified but versatile options.
6) Re-designed Icon view

Version 5.0 now includes a Dual Pane file browser. A user can display two folders side by side in the same window, and easily Drag and Drop, Cut, Copy, and Paste files between the two. The application also includes a new Sidebar for Devices, Searches, Favorite Places and Network Shares.

Path Finder 4.8.4 changelog
Path Finder 4.8.4 is a critical maintenance update that fixes a number of issues, including a workaround for a Mac OS X 10.5.2 bug that could cause list view to crash or hang. It also fixes a critical Mac OS X 10.4 issue where file operations could fail. It is a highly recommended and free upgrade for all Path Finder 4 customers.

OS X 10.5-specific bug fixes and improvements
Worked around an Apple bug introduced in OS X 10.5.2 that causes Path Finder to hang or crash when using List View
Fixed an exception that could occur when nothing was selected on the Desktop and QuickLook window was invoked
Fixed an issue where Column View automatic resizing (by double-clicking on the column resize widget) resulted in columns being too narrow
Added zoom-in animation to QuickLook (thanks to a tip courtesy of CiarÃÂ¡n Walsh http://ciaranwal.sh/ )
Added QuickLook support to Find window
Added better icon previews for Icon View (matches the Finder)
You can now open Quick Look in full screen mode via the Cmd-Option-Y keyboard shortcut
OS X 10.4-specific bug fixes and improvements
Fixed a critical issue where copy/move/delete operations would fail
Fixed an issue where Path Finderâs menus could be greyed out at startup (caused by an unusual Downloads folder set up).
General improvements
Added the ability to customize what plugins appear in the split pane / Shelf / drawers (click on the name / small arrow in the grey header bar and select âOrganizeâ)

* Fixed an issue where the last part of the name could become invisible while renaming files
* Fixed List View subfolders collapsing issue
* The Shelf now uses the new system icons
* Disk images opened by Path Finder no longer open a Finder window (disk images containing a license are an exception)
* When the QuickLook panel is open arrow key strokes are now passed onto the browser
* Fixed a Size Browser crash that could occur when the tooltips appeared
* QuickLook now previews the contents of the aliasâ original to match Finder
* Creating and mounting encrypted disk images work again
* Fixed a crash that could occur when previewing images in the bottom preview pane
* Various fixes to the âReveal in Path Finderâ feature
* Fixed iChat reports

General bug fixes and improvements

* Updated Stuffit engine to the current version - 12.0.1
* Path Finder now comes to the front if youâre dragging a file to a Path Finder file browser window
* The blue background for the Shelf is turned on by default
* Added a hidden preference to make Option key as Meta in Terminal (was hard-coded before which broke the ability to type pipe symbols on german and some other keyboards) - open Terminal and type the following: defaults write com.cocoatech.PathFinder optionKeyIsMeta 1 to set it
* When a file on the Desktop is selected and a Terminal window is opened, the terminal now defaults to the home directory, instead of /Desktop
* Fixed an issue where double-clicking on a column resizer in the Size Browser could produce crazy column widths
* âAdd to Drop Stackâ contextual menu item works again from the Desktop
* Fixed an issue where it was impossible to drag the Path Finder window around by its status bar if the application was in the background
* Fixed a minor âGo toâ window bug
* Fixed an issue with the Subversion plugin when commit messages contained special characters
* Optimized the Icon View speed when it was set to display very large thumbnails
* Fixed an issue where revealing in an existing Tab didnât select the file

You can now set Path Finder as your “Default File viewer”! See the Path Finder Reveal preferences for this preference. Activating this will redirect all “Reveal in Finder” calls from other applications to Path Finder. Note that this may not work in all applications, but the majority should redirect to Path Finder correctly.

“QuickLook” support: You can now view documents in Mac OS X 10.5’s QuickLook. Access to this feature is available via a contextual menu item, by using the space bar keyboard shortcut, via the Commands menu, or via the toolbar button. As well, the QuickLook toolbar button changes to Slideshow if you hold down the Option key.

Leopard compatibility fixes

Superuser operations (as root) are working again (this also fixes the inability to quit Path Finder after such an operation failed in previous versions of Path Finder)

Fixed a problem where a “Launcher” folder appeared in the Dock while copying/moving/deleting files

“Connect to Server” dialog works again

Fixed an issue where weird numbers appeared in the tooltips in Column View and Size Browser (which made the latter crash)

Fixed an issue with incorrect drawing of selection rectangle on the Desktop

Select Tool works in Column View again

Made List View more resource efficient under certain circumstances

Other fixes

Fixes to “Reveal in Path Finder” preference (revealing in tab or existing window works again, and we correctly reveals in the frontmost window if Path Finder was hidden before)

Per-Folder settings: We now store and support per-folder view settings (check out the View Options window) - more information here

Improvements

Simplified and shortened the File menu

Streamlined the default contextual menu: The default menus are now shorter for the Actions and Contextual Menu. We also added a âNew Folderâ item, made a bunch of items dynamically appear based on the current selection, and moved third-party and Finder CM items into a âMoreâ submenu to make PF more stable

If the option key is held down when the contextual menu is invoked the âOpen withâ CM menu item now changes to âAlways open withâ

You can now set Path Finder as a default app to open text or PDF files

Added the âTab Setsâ menu to the main menu (under the âNew Tabâ submenu) so they can have Set Menu Keys assigned to them

Bookmarks can go into packages now (you can navigate into the iPhoto â08 database this way for example)

Option to put the Bookmark bar at the bottom of the browser (check out the little triangle at the right side of the Bookmarks bar)

Made the entire Trash sidebar area clickable (before you needed to click exactly on the Trash icon)

Removed the âApplicationsâ menu (changing the default preference in Path Finder 4.7 to âoffâ was the first step in this process). If you still need it, thereâs a hidden defaults write pref now: ShowApplicationsMenu

Added an option to âKeep Path Trailâ in Path Navigator â“ check out little triangle at the right of the Path Navigator bar. When selected this maintains the folder hierarchy of the currect session in the Path Navigator. Turning this off makes the Path Navigator change to whatever the current folder is.

Better type-and-sort behaviour in the Application Launcher. The first letter you type will match application names starting with that letter immediately instead of showing applications starting with and containing that letter as well.

Path Finder 4.7.2 changelog
Path Finder 4.7.2 is a maintenance release that fixes a number of issues (including one priority issue). Is a highly recommended update for all Path Finder customers and is free for all registered Path Finder 4 users.

Fixed an issue where selecting or moving a large number of files could fail or cause Path Finder to crash
Fixed path navigator drawing problems when placed below the browser
Fixed Volume icons placement on the desktop (where the Network icon could overlap other icons)
Setting PFâs terminal to use an external terminal application works again
Fixed incorrect highlighting in Column View that could occur when deselecting files using command-click
Dragging an address from Firefox browser to PFâs Desktop will now correctly create a .webloc file
Dragging and dropping selected text into a Path Finder window or Desktop will now correctly create a .textClipping file
Fixed an image converter bug
Added a âConvert Imageâ item to the Preview menu
Fixed an issue where âDate Modifiedâ could display twice when a custom date format was set in System Preferences
Fixed Spotlight comments text wrapping
Updated Japanese and Spanish localizations

Path Finder 4.7.1 is a maintenance update that addresses issues discovered after the release of Path Finder 4.7. It is a highly recommended update and is a free upgrade for all registered Path Finder 4 customers.

Fixed an issue where hitting tab in the svn commit panel submitted instead of focussing the cancel buttonâ”Subversion support is no longer experimental.

The âOpen Packageâ menu item was broken â“ fixed

Optimized the speed of moving items to the trash and deleting items

The Application Launcher will no longer show aliases to applications as duplicates

Potentially fixed an exception that could occur when parsing XML for the âsvn statusâ command

Added Screen Capture back to global application menu

Built-in Text Editor can open .rtfd documents again

Added Module windows menu option to open Preview, Terminal, Console, etc. in their own window

Label color names in Get Info window are now displayed correctly

Added the ability to set âopen withâ application for multiple selection

Fixed a cosmetic issue where the upper part of the column view separator didnât move when resizing columns

Optimized the Application Launcherâ's loading time

Internal localizations work and fixed Japanese localization of Application Launcher

fixed Get Info on OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

We now sort âopen withâ menu application list by name

Reverted back to the old Connect to Server dialog (the OS-provided one is unfortunately still buggy)

Updated the Terminal to the latest iTerm code: new interface; drag reorder tabs in terminal; drag tab out of window to create new window; many other new features. Terminal preferences have been moved and can be now found in the terminal window (âSettingsâ toolbar button).

Added the ability to preview Safari .webarchive files
You can now preview and play media files as well as preview PDF thumbnails in the last column of column view

* Tab sets! You can now set up a window with the tabs open and settings you like and then save this as a tab set (see the tab bar button).
* You can now drag and drop tabs to reorder them
* Double-clicking on the tab bar creates a new tab
* Added âCombine as Tabsâ feature which collects all currently open windows as tabs into one window.
* Added the ability to always open folders and desktop volumes in a new tab (see Browser preferences)
* You can now drag a folder on the tab bar to create a new tab with that folder
* Added warning if the window is closed when there are multiple tabs open.
* Now compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 âLeopardâ (we think)
* Implemented new iTunes 7-esque âbrushed metalâ look courtesy of Matt Gemmellâs TunesWindow
* You can now preview .flv (Flash video) files in the preview pane. (Note - this doesnât work in the preview drawer due to issues in Webkit, but Iâve got Steve looking into it)
* SWF (shockwave flash) previews now have play controls (only those that allow for this)
* Implement Find in HTML preview (click into preview to give it focus, and then hit command+f to search)

Bug fixes and other improvements

* Updated German, French, Italian and Swedish localizations
* Fixed problem with Path Navigator where a small font will cause it to display just â â¦â
* Fixed issue where bookmarked folders and shelf items disappeared when drive on which they reside is ejected
* Fixed a problem where âreplace file?â sheet appeared behind all windows in some cases
* Fixed problem where ânew shelfâ sheet appeared behind the browser window
* Optimized speed for âman to pdfâ command
* Fixed problem, where clicking âmore infoâ in last column will cause the get info window appear behind all windows
* Fixed issue where folder/file history could grow beyond preset limits, thus slowing down the program
* Fixed issue when CM menu would not show up in some cases until PF is relaunched
* Fixed crashing issue involving Path Navigator (NTButtonBar)
* Fixed issue where current column wasnât fully visible in file browser
* Optimized performance (copy / move / delete operations should be approximately 30% faster)
* Fixed crash when opening PDFs in the built-in viewer
* Fixed an issue where the icon's size slider for Desktop skipped 48×48 size
* Fixed bug where Spotlight comments were not saved for folders
* Made the Network Activity window's colours match the Console window
* Fixed crash that could occur when dismounting a volume
* Fixed issue where rename toolbar item was disabled
* Now when "double-click when clicking icon" is on, you are able to select the file name by clicking on label/text part (before it opened, no matter where you clicked)
* Fixed some issues with the Japanese localization
* Fixed problem with contextual menu plugins (e.g. Ambrosia Software's Dragster) where holding down modifier keys didn't change the menu options in the CM
* Fixed issue with shadow drawing bad in the status bar
* Moved drawer toggles to the toolbar
* Fixed issue where PF could crash while recognizing the formatting / type of a volume
* Fixed type-to-select issue with filenames that began with a number
* Updated RBSplitView, OmniFrameworks, and Stuffit Engine to latest versions
* Fixed issue with browser window not resizing properly on second monitor when opening drawers
* Fixed page up/page down/home/end keys in icon view
* Fixed image preview checkerboard issue (set colour to opacity of 0 to hide)
* Alternating row colours were a bit flaky, but no more
* Fixed the tiny gap that appeared in column view when using small scroll bars
* Background colour in column view is now applied to all columns
* Moved the open Applications folder menu item to the Go menu
* Added an open Utilities folder and set the quick key to Command+Shift+U
* Fixed an issue where file copying could fail if you tried copying a file that was larger than the free space left on the drive - it now works
* Fixed copy bug when command-dragging into packages
* Added an icon for RAR archives